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2023-12-11 07:57:00
Opera & Democracy: Transatlantic Conversations & Concerts celebrating the centenary of the reopening of the Krolloper in Berlin
Krolloper in Berlin in 19302024 is the centenary of the reopening of the Krolloper in Berlin. It reopened in 1924 with a performance of Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, as an offshoot of the Berlin State Opera, but under Otto Klemperer from 1927-1931 the Krolloper took on independent artistic significance, becoming a gathering space for the avant-garde as well as promoting the idea of inclusive and accessible opera. It was forced to close in 1931 and after the Reichstag fire in 1933 served as the seat of the last parliament – it was there that the Weimar Republic came to an end. Many Krolloper artists, including Otto Klemperer, were persecuted and forced into exile.The Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles, the former residence of the Mann family in American exile and today an important German American cultural forum, is cooperating with renowned opera houses in Germany and partners in the USA to bring […]
2023-10-06 14:13:00
Boris Godunov, Hamburg State Opera, 4 October 2023
Images: Brinkhoff/MögenburgBoris Godunov (Alexander Tsymbalyuk)Boris Godunov – Alexander Tsymbalyuk Andrey Schchelkalov – Alexey Bogdanchikov Nikitch (Police Officer) – Hubert Kowalczyk Mityukha – Julian Arsenault Prince Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky – Matthias Klink Pimen – Vitalij Kowaljow Grigory Otrepiev – Dovlet Nurgeldiyev Hostess of the Inn – Marta Swiderska Varlaam – Ryan Speedo Green Missail – Jürgen Sacher Xenia – Olivia Boen Xenia’s Nurse – Renate Spingler Fyodor – Kady Evanyshyn Boyar – Mateusz Lugowski Holy Fool – Florian PanzieriFrank Castorf (director)Wolfgang Gruber (assistant director)Aleksandar Denić (set designs)Adriana Braga Peretzki (costumes)Rainer Casper (lighting)Andreas Deinert, Severin Renke (video, live camera)Maryvonne Riedelsheimer (live editing)Patric Seibert (dramaturgy) Children’s and Youth Choir of the Hamburg State Opera (director: Luiz de Goday)Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera (director: Eberhard Friedrich)Hamburg Philharmonic State OrchestraKent Nagano (conductor) It is, of course, the opera for our time; arguably, it is for many other times too. Boris Godunov, in whatever incarnation – […]
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2023-02-24 09:52:46
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2021-11-29 23:10:00
Cast Change Announcements: Met Nozze
Lincoln Center Fountain Photo by Lisa Hirsch Some changes in the Met's upcoming performances of Le nozze di Figaro: Conductors Daniele Rustioni and James Gaffigan will lead this season’s performances of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, replacing Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Isabel Leonard will sing Cherubino in the January performances of Le Nozze di Figaro, replacing Anna Stéphany. Nézet-Séguin, who is taking a brief four-week sabbatical from all conducting duties commencing at the end of December, said, “I am grateful for the collaborations that led to deeply moving and memorable fall openings at the Met, in Philadelphia, at Carnegie Hall, and in Montreal, bringing us together with audiences once again. This has been a difficult time for so many, and I have been, and remain, fully committed to providing much-needed hope and artistic inspiration as we heal from the past year-and-a-half. This short break will allow time for […]
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